Police are fully prepared to ward off any eventuality on the law and order front in Maharashtra in view of the MNS' ultimatum about the removal of loudspeakers from mosques by May 3, state Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil said.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray had earlier spoken against mosques using loudspeakers to relay prayers and had asked the state government to get them removed by May 3, failing which his party would play Hanuman Chalisa at a higher volume outside mosques. Speaking to reporters in Nagpur, Walse Patil said the state director general of police will hold a meeting with all police officers on this issue and a decision will be taken after he submits a report.